Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.netdoor.com ([208.137.128.154] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.7) with ESMTP-TLS id 2742175 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:10:01 -0500 Received: from netdoor.com (port617.jxn.netdoor.com [208.148.209.17]) by smtp1.netdoor.com (8.12.10/8.12.1) with ESMTP id hAI49u0K003638 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 22:09:57 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <3FB99B90.4050506@netdoor.com> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 22:09:52 -0600 From: Charlie & Tupper England Reply-To: cengland@netdoor.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: inline twin engines? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.31 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) John Slade wrote: > > Think it will work out ? > Not a chance in hell, Rusty. The structure to hold an engine at the > front simply isnt there. It would be a VERY major redesign, and would > probably end up too heavy to fly. On top of the that, the weight and > balance would be all wrong. I think the best way to put 2 engines on > an EZ would be in pods on the strakes. > > John Hasn't it been done in England, with two Norton 2-rotors?